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Review on ๐ŸŽจ OVERTURE PLA Matte Filament 1 - Premium Quality Matte Finish 3D Printing Filament by Gilbert Pfaff

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Not your usual kind of PLA

It has a nice matte finish and comes with a sticker and ruler in the box. It doesn't come with a build surface, which is a plus for me, but you might feel differently. There is no noticeable difference in finished prints with white PLA overture (to call it standard), except for a slight tightness (printing next to the same gcode on two standard Enders 3 Pros. 60 on bed, 200 on nozzle 0.4, layer height .2 with constant cooling at 100% and bleed enabled) test strength between Standard and Eco (did this with purge lines generated in Cura 4.9) I have to say that Eco is noticeably more brittle, so I would opt for Standard over Eco in situations where when the model needs to be strong, but at the same time have practically no filling. It's about as strong as standard PLA on the more durable infill models. I have experienced layer separation with Eco (this was during print removal on a part that did not have 2 wall infill and this happened 3 times out of 12. Standard had no separation of 16 identical cases. My test on this was thin print fan blades are 5cm high, 3mm thick, 2cm long and 2mm rim draw with lots of glue [hairspray] onto the glass top directly onto the chilled platform note: without glue I doubt eco would do that I also tried my best to keep the removal process the same for all parts to get a good comparison). Overall I like the Eco range as it requires about the same settings to get a finish similar to standard PLA except for break-in. However, I believe that the main disadvantage of this PLA compared to the standard is its brittleness. It seems to me that eco doesn't like to hang on to itself as much as other PLA. Higher temperatures can help with this, but a 1-to-1 comparison of purge lines makes it clear that while Eco-PLA has similar properties to standard PLA, it contains something else that limits the strength of the bonds it does with base can produce PLA printing temperatures. . I'm not a materials scientist, but this PLA has sparked the most interest for me of anything I've ever worked in this field, so I'd personally like to see what it's made of and how it differs from standard PLA and why. he deals. How does this happen.

Pros
  • Odorless and bubble free
Cons
  • Not sure